diff --git a/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java b/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java
index fcff9a2e5fcac..756e9a0e2f2ac 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/TextLine.java
@@ -852,6 +852,18 @@ class TextLine {
         return runIsRtl ? -ret : ret;
     }
 
+    private int adjustHyphenEdit(int start, int limit, int hyphenEdit) {
+        int result = hyphenEdit;
+        // Only draw hyphens on first or last run in line. Disable them otherwise.
+        if (start > 0) { // not the first run
+            result &= ~Paint.HYPHENEDIT_MASK_START_OF_LINE;
+        }
+        if (limit < mLen) { // not the last run
+            result &= ~Paint.HYPHENEDIT_MASK_END_OF_LINE;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Utility function for handling a unidirectional run.  The run must not
      * contain tabs but can contain styles.
@@ -893,9 +905,9 @@ class TextLine {
         if (mSpanned == null) {
             TextPaint wp = mWorkPaint;
             wp.set(mPaint);
-            final int mlimit = measureLimit;
+            wp.setHyphenEdit(adjustHyphenEdit(start, limit, wp.getHyphenEdit()));
             return handleText(wp, start, limit, start, limit, runIsRtl, c, x, top,
-                    y, bottom, fmi, needWidth || mlimit < measureLimit, mlimit);
+                    y, bottom, fmi, needWidth, measureLimit);
         }
 
         mMetricAffectingSpanSpanSet.init(mSpanned, mStart + start, mStart + limit);
@@ -953,10 +965,8 @@ class TextLine {
                     span.updateDrawState(wp);
                 }
 
-                // Only draw hyphen on last run in line
-                if (jnext < mLen) {
-                    wp.setHyphenEdit(0);
-                }
+                wp.setHyphenEdit(adjustHyphenEdit(j, jnext, wp.getHyphenEdit()));
+
                 x += handleText(wp, j, jnext, i, inext, runIsRtl, c, x,
                         top, y, bottom, fmi, needWidth || jnext < measureLimit, offset);
             }
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Paint.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Paint.java
index 4ee0c34139686..b1d51ec2d92bd 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Paint.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Paint.java
@@ -339,6 +339,20 @@ public class Paint {
      */
     private static final int CURSOR_OPT_MAX_VALUE = CURSOR_AT;
 
+    /**
+     * Mask for hyphen edits that happen at the end of a line. Keep in sync with the definition in
+     * Minikin's Hyphenator.h.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int HYPHENEDIT_MASK_END_OF_LINE = 0x07;
+
+    /**
+     * Mask for hyphen edits that happen at the start of a line. Keep in sync with the definition in
+     * Minikin's Hyphenator.h.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int HYPHENEDIT_MASK_START_OF_LINE = 0x03 << 3;
+
     /**
      * The Style specifies if the primitive being drawn is filled, stroked, or
      * both (in the same color). The default is FILL.
@@ -1540,7 +1554,8 @@ public class Paint {
      * Set a hyphen edit on the paint (causes a hyphen to be added to text when
      * measured or drawn).
      *
-     * @param hyphen 0 for no edit, 1 for adding a hyphen (other values in future)
+     * @param hyphen 0 for no edit, 1 for adding a hyphen at the end, etc.
+     *        Definition of various values are in the HyphenEdit class in Minikin's Hyphenator.h.
      *
      * @hide
      */
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.mk b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
index 9515b8291bb62..ec8d63ecde987 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ hwui_c_includes += \
     external/skia/src/effects \
     external/skia/src/image \
     external/skia/src/utils \
+    external/icu/icu4c/source/common \
     external/harfbuzz_ng/src \
     external/freetype/include